Oregon Statutes 60.707 – Application for authority to transact business
(1) A foreign corporation may apply for authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the office of the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 60.707
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Delivery: means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including by hand, mail, commercial delivery and, in accordance with ORS § 60. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
- Principal office: means the physical street address of an office, in or out of this state, where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located and designated in the annual report or in the application for authority to transact business in this state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
(a) The name of the foreign corporation or, if the name the foreign corporation uses is unavailable for filing in this state, another corporate name that satisfies the requirements of ORS § 60.717;
(b) The name of the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated;
(c) The foreign corporation’s registry number in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated;
(d) The foreign corporation’s date of incorporation and period of duration if the period is not perpetual;
(e) The address, including street and number and mailing address, if different, of the foreign corporation’s principal office;
(f) The address, including street and number, of the foreign corporation’s registered office in this state and the name of the foreign corporation’s registered agent at the registered office; and
(g) The names and respective addresses of the president and secretary of the foreign corporation.
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, current within 60 days of delivery and authenticated by the official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated.
(b) A foreign corporation need not submit a certificate of existence or document in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection if the official who has custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated provides free access via the Internet to a searchable database that contains evidence of corporate registrations. [1987 c.52 § 157; 2011 c.147 § 4]